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Hundreds flee flooded homes as storms batter Western Cape
Man dies, apparently from electrocution
By Vincent Lali and Peter Luhanga
News | 25 September 2023
Activists claim thousands of parcels of public land under-used in Cape Town
Ndifuna Ukwazi launches online interactive map to put pressure on government to address land issues
News | 22 September 2023
New measures to prevent Lotto looting
The National Lotteries Commission briefed Parliament on the steps it is taking to clean up the organisation
News | 22 September 2023
One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants
The Friends of Liesbeek Association has withdrawn a town planning appeal, but a court case remains to be settled
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 22 September 2023
Cape Town ordered to hold public hearings on sewage being pumped into the sea
Environment minister criticises City’s previous lack of engagement
News | 21 September 2023
A deaf woman was gang raped. She has waited more than eight months for a court to get a sign language interpreter
The trial of four men accused of raping the 45-year-old woman has been postponed several times because of this
News | 21 September 2023
Things just get worse and worse at the labour department in Bellville
“This is my fifth time coming here,” says UIF claimant
News | 21 September 2023
Families have been waiting six years to be moved from Durban transit camp
eThekwini municipality has no explanation for delay and no timeline to offer
News | 21 September 2023
The Education Minister promised all schools would have a library by 29 November - but there’s no chance that deadline will be met
Three quarters of public schools still don’t have libraries, in spite of a 2013 promise
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 21 September 2023